AFM Ahsanuddin Chowdhury

Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1 July 1915-30 August 2001) was President of Bangladesh from 27 March 1982 to 11 December 1983, succeeding Abdus Sattar and preceding Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Biography
Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury was born on 1 July 1915 in Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He graduated from Dhaka University and served as a district judge, and from 30 January 1974 to 1 July 1977 he served as a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. In 1982, after Hussain Muhammad Ershad's coup against Abdus Sattar, Chowdhury was installed as a civilian president, and on 11 December 1983 Ershad dismissed him after having a short reign as President. He died in 2001 at the age of 86.